About the Editor:

Christopher B. Griffin, M.D., is the Chief of Thoracic Imaging at the Portland (Oregon) VA Medical Center. He is also an Assistant Professor of Radiology at OHSU. Dr. Griffin received his B.A. in mathematics at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, in 1984, graduating Magna Cum Laude. He graduated from medical school at OHSU in 1988. Following a transitional internship, Dr. Griffin completed a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center. He then served as the Chief of Radiology at the Fairchild Air Force Base Hospital in Spokane, Washington, for 3 years. Following his service at Fairchild, he completed a fellowship in thoracic imaging at the Medical College of Wisconsin, under the guidance of Lawrence R. Goodman, MD, FACR. Before joining the faculty at the Portland VAMC and OHSU, Dr. Griffin was Chief of Thoracic Imaging and Assistant Professor of Radiology at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Dr. Griffin's research and academic interests are the screening and management of lung cancer, and economic issues related to diagnostic imaging in medicine.